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U.S. Army · United States 
John P. McVeane
1842 – 1864
John P. McVeane served the U.S. Army. John was 22 years old.
Service Record
U.S. Army
Medal of Honor
4 May 1863 · At Fredericksburg Heights, Va. · Corporal, Company D, 49th New York Infantry.
Shot a Confederate color bearer and seized the flag; also approached, alone, a barn between the lines and demanded and received the surrender of a number of the enemy therein.
Awards & Decorations
1
For valor
Medal of Honor - Army posthumous
Shot a Confederate color bearer and seized the flag; also approached, alone, a barn between the lines and demanded and received the surrender of a number of the enemy therein.
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